WEBVTT - DIANE WARREN | SOFIA CARSON: "Applause"

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<v Speaker 1>How is your month going. Are you seeing any signs

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<v Speaker 1>of spring yet? Any daffodils or crocus popping up out

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<v Speaker 1>of the cold, hard ground. I've got quite a few

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<v Speaker 1>daffodils that have popped up. They're not blooming yet, but

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<v Speaker 1>they've popped up out of the ground. I'm not so

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<v Speaker 1>sure they're happy about the way the weather has gotten

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<v Speaker 1>weird after that weird cold snap. They probably felt it.

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<v Speaker 1>They probably felt like pulling the covers back up over

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<v Speaker 1>their little daffodil heads and sleeping a few weeks longer.

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<v Speaker 1>March will be here before you know it. It'll probably

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<v Speaker 1>come roaring in like a lion, but hopefully it will

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<v Speaker 1>go out like a lamb. It is a month of transitions,

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<v Speaker 1>and by the time that the month of March has passed,

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<v Speaker 1>spring will be showing off in many wonderful ways. Let's

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<v Speaker 1>hope it is more lamb like than lion like. The

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<v Speaker 1>Oscars is an early spring event that's fun for a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of people. The dominees for sure, but the millions

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<v Speaker 1>of viewers too. Will you be watching the Oscars? If

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<v Speaker 1>it's something you look forward to all year long, you

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<v Speaker 1>will be thrilled with My guests today I've got a

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<v Speaker 1>dynamic duo with US legendary songwriter Diane Warren and beloved

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<v Speaker 1>actress singer Sophia Carson. The film they were involved with

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<v Speaker 1>last year, tell It Like a Woman, has received denomination

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<v Speaker 1>from the Academy for Best Original Song. Applause was written

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<v Speaker 1>by Diane and performed by Sophia Carson. Diane Warren is

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<v Speaker 1>one of modern music's most respected songwriters. She's penned nine

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<v Speaker 1>number one's, thirty two top ten hits on the Billboard

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<v Speaker 1>Hot one hundred. She is tied for having written the

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<v Speaker 1>most number one songs as a soul songwriter in Billboard's history.

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<v Speaker 1>She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in

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<v Speaker 1>two thousand and one. You might not know her name,

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<v Speaker 1>but you got to know her songs. Rhythm of the Night,

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<v Speaker 1>If I could turn back time, Nothing's gonna stop us

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<v Speaker 1>now and break my heart because you love me and

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<v Speaker 1>my favorite I don't want to miss a Thing by Aerosmith.

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<v Speaker 1>All those songs sung by the biggest stars out there,

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<v Speaker 1>all pinned by Diane Warren. She's an honorary Oscar recipient

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<v Speaker 1>Honorary The woman has written the best songs in the

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<v Speaker 1>history of my career, been nominated fourteen times, and she's

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<v Speaker 1>won an Honorary Academy Award. She's won Grammy's, Emmy's Golden

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<v Speaker 1>Globe winners. Her songs have been featured in more than

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<v Speaker 1>a hundred motion pictures, and she's the sole owner of

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<v Speaker 1>her publishing company, Real Songs, the most successful female owned

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<v Speaker 1>and operated business in the music industry. Diane, who is

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<v Speaker 1>a recipient of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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<v Speaker 1>Sophia Carson, who got her start on the Disney Channel,

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<v Speaker 1>is also a force of nature forging a singular path

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<v Speaker 1>in music, film, television, and philanthropy. She's a multi Platinum

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<v Speaker 1>Award nominated singer and songwriter. In addition to performing Diane's

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<v Speaker 1>song Applause that We're Gonna Talk About Today from the

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<v Speaker 1>movie Tell It Like a Woman. Sofia recently starred as

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<v Speaker 1>Cassie in the Netflix global phenomenon Purple Hearts, also serving

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<v Speaker 1>as executive producer. An She co wrote and performed the

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<v Speaker 1>film's original soundtrack. Next, Sophia will start opposite her friend,

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<v Speaker 1>her bestie Tarran Egerton and Jason Bateman in the Netflix

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<v Speaker 1>and Ambient thriller Carry On. Tell It Like a Woman

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<v Speaker 1>is each your film comprised of seven short stories with

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<v Speaker 1>women as the star. Each of the very different women

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<v Speaker 1>face different challenges in their lives, and they each face

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<v Speaker 1>them with extreme determination and courage that makes them stronger,

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<v Speaker 1>more self aware. Some of the stories, which take place

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<v Speaker 1>all over the world, are inspired by true events, while

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<v Speaker 1>others are narrative fiction. All speak to empowerment, perseverance, inspiration.

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<v Speaker 1>every hit song I think I've played in the last

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<v Speaker 1>thirty or forty years of my career, Diane Warren, along

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<v Speaker 1>with a beautiful talented young actress and singer. And my

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<v Speaker 1>daughters and my granddaughters are all in love with so

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<v Speaker 1>Fia Carson. Welcome to the podcast. Thank you guys. Tell

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<v Speaker 1>It Like a Woman. I need to hear about how

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<v Speaker 1>this collaboration came together, how you two came together, and

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<v Speaker 1>how that collaboration came together. So I wrote the song

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<v Speaker 1>for the movie Talt Like a Woman, which is a

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<v Speaker 1>it's basically seven short films within one film about women's

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<v Speaker 1>various women's stories and struggles, and it needed to be

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<v Speaker 1>a song that could really speak to getting through it

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<v Speaker 1>and giving yourself some applause for everything that you went

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<v Speaker 1>through that you got through it. And it's really an

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<v Speaker 1>really empowering song. And there was nobody that I could

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<v Speaker 1>have gone to side Sophia to do the song because

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<v Speaker 1>she's she is what that song is all about. She's

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<v Speaker 1>such a strong woman, amazingly beautiful on the outside, beautiful

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<v Speaker 1>on the inside, great singer, and here we are. It's

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<v Speaker 1>just great that and it just got nominated for an

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<v Speaker 1>Oscar and yeah, not that, but yeah, give yourself apause. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>that's that's amazing. And just the fact that this song

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<v Speaker 1>is really, like like you said, it's you know, it's

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<v Speaker 1>resonating with people, it's resonating beyond the movie. That's the

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<v Speaker 1>best case scenario when you do a movie song or

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<v Speaker 1>any song that it resonates. But if you write something

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<v Speaker 1>for a movie and it fits that movie, which is

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<v Speaker 1>the first thing you have to do, but when it

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<v Speaker 1>can go beyond that movie and speak to what people

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<v Speaker 1>are going through, and everybody really needs to give themselves

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<v Speaker 1>some applause. No matter who you are, you have to

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<v Speaker 1>stop and go you know what. Life isn't easy. One

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<v Speaker 1>of the things I noticed when I listened to it,

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<v Speaker 1>like for the third or fourth time is that it's

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<v Speaker 1>an anthem and you could have had like share with powerful,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, tear your guts out, powerful voice, but Sophia,

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<v Speaker 1>your gentleness with those strong words combined, it's like silk.

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<v Speaker 1>Silk is the strongest fabric. Did you know this? The

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<v Speaker 1>silk thread if they could replicate If scientists could replicate

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<v Speaker 1>a silk thread, you could suspend a truck from a

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<v Speaker 1>rope like a half inch long. Wow, I mean a

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<v Speaker 1>half inch around. It's the strongest fabric there is. Wow.

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<v Speaker 1>And they can't they can't replicate that. And yet it's silk.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the soft, it's soft and it's strong. And so

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<v Speaker 1>that's that's Sophia. Yeah, that's what I got out of

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<v Speaker 1>that song. And you're not You're like, but you're not

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<v Speaker 1>like that and all that. You know, you didn't need

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<v Speaker 1>that for that song. You couldn't have beend it, you

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<v Speaker 1>know it needed Yeah, powerful and in the power is

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<v Speaker 1>I can't explain what I'm trying to say. Maybe and

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<v Speaker 1>the emotion, Yeah, it's like it's the that's what I got.

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<v Speaker 1>I love. This is an empowerment song, but it is

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<v Speaker 1>like silk. It's strong, but it's not abrasive, it's gentle.

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<v Speaker 1>If other singers would have saying it, it could have

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<v Speaker 1>been you know, could have it might have been abrasive.

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<v Speaker 1>But what Sophia brought to it is that quiet power.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like that wiet power. You're right, It's like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, it's like you know, it's like some of

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<v Speaker 1>someone whispers and you have to like lean in to

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<v Speaker 1>hear it, right, and then it's that's what's beautiful about it.

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<v Speaker 1>But it's still powerful and at the end you get

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<v Speaker 1>you go full on power. Then yeah, So I've got

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<v Speaker 1>some questions here, Sophia, that granddaughter wrote to me who

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<v Speaker 1>loves You, and she said, what is the favorite rule?

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<v Speaker 1>What's a favorite role you've ever played? Oh, favorite role

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<v Speaker 1>I've ever played? That's it's a tough question. Um. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't have kids, but it feels like it's like picking

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<v Speaker 1>your favorite child in a way, because I've really like

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<v Speaker 1>your favorite song. It's like every role that you've played

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<v Speaker 1>or every song they steal a piece of your heart.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, you pour a piece of yourself into this

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<v Speaker 1>character and you love them for a different reason. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>But it is true maybe with kids as well, that

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<v Speaker 1>you too have favorites or at least I have favorites,

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<v Speaker 1>I would say right now, maybe because it's fresh just

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<v Speaker 1>in my memory, or I think it meant a lot

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<v Speaker 1>to me as an actor and as a performer as

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<v Speaker 1>I was acting as her. It was Cassie and Purple Hearts,

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<v Speaker 1>um my movie on Netflix, right yeah, big yeah, big phenomenon.

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<v Speaker 1>And her other question was was it difficult to transition

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<v Speaker 1>from being a kids star to the phenomenon that you'd become.

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<v Speaker 1>Was that got a hard transition or it's if Sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>it's a fun fact for people. I think sometimes people

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<v Speaker 1>think that I started younger than I did. But I

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<v Speaker 1>was not a kid's star. I was twenty one when

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<v Speaker 1>I got my first job. I had gone to college.

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<v Speaker 1>I got my first dish or my first callback in

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<v Speaker 1>the middle of final exams at UCLA. So I wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>a child star. So I was lucky that I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>have as difficult as a transition as I would imagine

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<v Speaker 1>if I was a child in this business. I was

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<v Speaker 1>an adult, and although I have grown a lot as

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<v Speaker 1>an artist throughout the years, it's felt like a very

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<v Speaker 1>seamless transition. Every song that I've written, every role that

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<v Speaker 1>I've chosen with time. I feel like I've grown with

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<v Speaker 1>my audience at the same time, and it's been a

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<v Speaker 1>really beautiful journey. Well, I hope you have many, many,

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<v Speaker 1>many more decades of this beautiful Ny. She will, by

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<v Speaker 1>the way I think she will. And Diane, oh my gosh.

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<v Speaker 1>Last night I jotted down a list because I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know if you can see here, but I take notes

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<v Speaker 1>while I'm on the air. I write down the person's

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<v Speaker 1>name and a little bit about their situation. Joslyn lost

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<v Speaker 1>two kids and their best friends in a tragic accident,

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<v Speaker 1>and Jamie wanted a song, you know, So I take

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<v Speaker 1>these notes and I went through like the last two

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<v Speaker 1>weeks of my notes, and I just want to read

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<v Speaker 1>you a list of some of the songs, Diane, that

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<v Speaker 1>were requested just in the last two weeks. I get

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<v Speaker 1>week by Brenda Carlyle. Nothing's going to stop us now.

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<v Speaker 1>For a couple that both went through COVID, both ended

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<v Speaker 1>up in the hospital, both are back on their feet

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<v Speaker 1>and just going forward into the future. If I could

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<v Speaker 1>turn back time, I wrote this down Maria, who lost

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<v Speaker 1>her hubby and wanted to tell him one more time

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<v Speaker 1>how much she loved him, And she said, I know

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<v Speaker 1>that song means something else, but for me, if I

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<v Speaker 1>could turn back time, I just want to say I

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<v Speaker 1>love you again. Oh my god, Wow, my favorite song ever.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want to miss a thing. That was Peter

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<v Speaker 1>for his wife Linda a fifty five years Wow, that's

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<v Speaker 1>the song he wanted. Perfect. Somebody called last night who

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<v Speaker 1>was getting married. One of that is their wedding song.

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<v Speaker 1>Reba ile B was requested Taylor Dane, I'll be your shelter.

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<v Speaker 1>I got that request like two weeks ago, and I'm

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<v Speaker 1>way back in the Yeah, I'm sitting here as I'm

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<v Speaker 1>going through my notes going, oh my gosh, it's like

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<v Speaker 1>you you have like this direct connection to the heartbeat

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<v Speaker 1>of my audience. Wow. It's yeah, because music is so powerful,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, Like and even if you write something from

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<v Speaker 1>a movie, you know, outside of that movie, it takes

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<v Speaker 1>on another life. Like you know, I don't want to

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<v Speaker 1>miss the thing was Armageddon, you know, but yet it

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<v Speaker 1>becomes this big anniversary song you know, applause. It is

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<v Speaker 1>written you know, for the movie. Tell it like a woman,

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<v Speaker 1>but yet it goes beyond that and it speaks to people,

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<v Speaker 1>you know that. I just love the fact that these songs,

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<v Speaker 1>can you know speak to whatever somebody's going through? I

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<v Speaker 1>think that listening to the words of applause over and over.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, schools are trying hard coming out of COVID

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<v Speaker 1>to re engage kids and get them reconnected to what

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<v Speaker 1>matters to them. I was thinking as I listened to

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<v Speaker 1>the words of that song. We need to have grade

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<v Speaker 1>schools and junior highs and high schools having assemblies and

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<v Speaker 1>being gifted that song for each kid. Now, I'm down

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<v Speaker 1>any any school can use that. I'm happy to let

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<v Speaker 1>that song be used everywhere. Wouldn't that just be amazing

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<v Speaker 1>if kids could listen to the lyrics and go, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>you're so right, absolutely everything. Recognize who you are sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>I know it's hard, but you shine. You're super nova.

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<v Speaker 1>They can't stop you. You were born unstoppable, and you

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<v Speaker 1>dared to dared to know you're remarkable. Stand up, raise

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<v Speaker 1>your hands up everything. It's about flooding yourself, loving yourself,

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<v Speaker 1>using your voice, being unafraid. It's absolutely what everyone in

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<v Speaker 1>the world needs to hear, especially, like you said, children

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<v Speaker 1>who are being molded as we speak, and bullied as

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<v Speaker 1>we sallied believe I was bullied. I was I was

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<v Speaker 1>one of those kids that gotullied a lot. You too, Yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what. Look where we are now and what

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<v Speaker 1>we're what we're here. We're like doing so well, and

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<v Speaker 1>you are so the antithesis of bully. You have a

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<v Speaker 1>rescue farm where you save lives of animals and the

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<v Speaker 1>biggest heart in the world. Exactly. You like to hide

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<v Speaker 1>behind this and a snarky um facade, but I stay

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<v Speaker 1>right through it. You've just got this huge heart for humanity,

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<v Speaker 1>for the planet, for creatures, for animal for the things

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<v Speaker 1>that have single handedly written the songs that are synonymous

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<v Speaker 1>with love. You know what I mean, Like she has

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<v Speaker 1>a pulse on that, like you said, in the most

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<v Speaker 1>extraordinary way. Thank you. That's your superpower. Thank you, that's

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<v Speaker 1>your superpower. You're able to take the human experience, whether

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<v Speaker 1>it's losing somebody, whether it's going through you know, hell

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<v Speaker 1>and standing. You said one time, you know what, I

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<v Speaker 1>would much rather know that my song is number one

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<v Speaker 1>and people are requesting it, then get some stupid award.

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<v Speaker 1>Your priorities are right, Yeah, I want these songs to

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<v Speaker 1>reach people. Of course, you know it wouldn't someone doc

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<v Speaker 1>if somebody would like recognize it, but we already agnize it.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you. You know, I had tim million folks tuning

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<v Speaker 1>in every night who recognize it, so million every night,

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<v Speaker 1>fourteen time Academy Award nominations. Yeah, I mean that's pretty cool.

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<v Speaker 1>But I mean it's just exciting the fact that you know,

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<v Speaker 1>here all you know, you know, with ten million people

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<v Speaker 1>listening to you, and they're requesting my songs over and

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<v Speaker 1>over and over, and beautiful thing is this song is

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<v Speaker 1>going to speak to all of them. Applause. Yeah, everybody,

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<v Speaker 1>no matter who you are. You know, like the most

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<v Speaker 1>confident person in the world is not confident. Yeah, you

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<v Speaker 1>know you might have like what you just said about me,

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<v Speaker 1>Like you know, someone could be so confident and like

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<v Speaker 1>you think they're they've got so together, but you know what, inside,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, they're beating beating themselves up and they don't

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<v Speaker 1>really know who they are. If just one out of

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<v Speaker 1>ten people who listen to applause take it to heart

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<v Speaker 1>and go, dang I I am. If you look at

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<v Speaker 1>your fingerprint, there's nobody else like you in the history

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<v Speaker 1>of taking fingerprints that has ever been found to have

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<v Speaker 1>the exact same fingerprint. Did you know that not even

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<v Speaker 1>identical twins. Yeah, they're pretty identical. Twins have different finger prints.

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<v Speaker 1>They begin identical, but then as life goes on and

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<v Speaker 1>you get burned or you get cut, it changes the

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<v Speaker 1>nature of your singer prints and even the habits you have,

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<v Speaker 1>how you hold your pencil, that sort of thing. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>If we are that unique by a one inch square

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<v Speaker 1>piece of skin, how much more unique by our hearts,

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<v Speaker 1>our souls, our passions, our experiences, our dreams. And that's

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<v Speaker 1>what applause speaks to. Wow, wow, that's deep. But it's true.

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<v Speaker 1>It's true. It's true. I can't sing a note. I

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<v Speaker 1>have a three note range. I went out for quiet.

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<v Speaker 1>Voice goes way beyond that three note. By the way

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<v Speaker 1>you look exactly, Realize who you are, Jelilah. Realize and

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<v Speaker 1>realized I was a super nover superstar who was given

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<v Speaker 1>a voice to talk, not to sing. And that's that's

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<v Speaker 1>my gift, that's my superpowers. Your voice still your voice,

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<v Speaker 1>your voice and heels and makes a difference. Yeah, and

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<v Speaker 1>everybody has a voice, even those who literally don't have

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<v Speaker 1>the ability to speak, they still have their story to share.

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<v Speaker 1>So thank you for applause, and thank you for years

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<v Speaker 1>Purple Heart Descendants, I send so I have a shoe

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<v Speaker 1>so much for watching those do a favorite of them

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<v Speaker 1>a descendant Descendant. That's awesome. I'm just I am thrilled

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<v Speaker 1>that you. I know that it's a crazy season and

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<v Speaker 1>you've got a lot going on, and you got a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of interviews. And by the way, you both look hot. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you. It's lighting. Lighting, lighting is working at Diane,

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<v Speaker 1>your hair is rocking. And the little shiny star there

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<v Speaker 1>the whole few and the pow is a power wow

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<v Speaker 1>taking time to be and I appreciate you both. Thank you. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna that's all good. Everybody in the room give

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<v Speaker 1>yourself from applause, all right, and I'm gonna be enjoying

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<v Speaker 1>playing that. For no kidding. At least ten of the

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<v Speaker 1>people I talked to last night on the phone needed

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<v Speaker 1>to hear that message. So yeah, I can't thank you

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<v Speaker 1>women enough for being with us who are incredibly talent,

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<v Speaker 1>and those talents are a gift to so many. Please

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<v Speaker 1>keep doing what you're doing, come back and join me again.

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<v Speaker 1>Best of luck on Oscar night you, Diane, you deserve

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<v Speaker 1>this honor so much. Legendary songwriter Diane Warren beloved singer

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<v Speaker 1>songwriter actress Sophia Carson released the original song Applause from

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<v Speaker 1>the feature film Tell It Like a Woman. The song,

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<v Speaker 1>beautifully penned by Warren and passionately but gently performed by Carson,

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<v Speaker 1>is a global anthem of empowerment, not just women, but

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<v Speaker 1>empowerment for all of us, and it's available now. Carson

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<v Speaker 1>has expressed her honor at being the voice for the

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<v Speaker 1>song dedicated to the women of the world. She calls

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<v Speaker 1>it a deeply timely reminder to applaud ourselves for how

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<v Speaker 1>far we've come, because we fight like women, we survive

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<v Speaker 1>like women, and we do it together. Diane two fills

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<v Speaker 1>a similar honor, saying to be a part of a

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<v Speaker 1>film that promotes women in front of and behind the

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<v Speaker 1>camera has been a very rewarding experience. Sophia's beautiful and

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<v Speaker 1>dynamic voice embodies the emotion and strength of both the

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<v Speaker 1>song and its message. The film premiered at the Taromia

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<v Speaker 1>Film Festival, where it won the Excellence Award. It arrived

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<v Speaker 1>on video on demand platforms including Google Play, Prime Video,

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<v Speaker 1>and Voodoo on February seventeenth. Be sure to check it

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<v Speaker 1>out and be watching the ninety fifth Academy Award ceremony

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<v Speaker 1>March twelfth. Cheer On Diane Applause is hailed as a

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<v Speaker 1>female empowerment anthem, but after listening, you will see how

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<v Speaker 1>easily it will be everyone's anthem. Every man, every woman,

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<v Speaker 1>every child, who has ever had to face the wind,

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<v Speaker 1>has persevered, has overcome obstacles, has been made stronger for it.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course, that includes you. Whatever you're facing, trust that

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<v Speaker 1>it is not permanent. All storms pass, and we're generally

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<v Speaker 1>more compassionate people because of them. On your darkest days.

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<v Speaker 1>Look for signs of hope, the new buds that are

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<v Speaker 1>starting to come out on the trees, a bird's call,

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<v Speaker 1>a bird's nest, an empowering song, and of course, tune

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<v Speaker 1>into my radio show each night. I'll do my best

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<v Speaker 1>to keep you company through the good days and the

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<v Speaker 1>tough days. Give yourself applause. You've got this. God bless you,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'll see you next time. I love someone with

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<v Speaker 1>the Lila